Offshore Agent

EDF; West of England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF seeks an experienced construction professional to lead offshore activities at the Avonmouth site, delivering safe, efficient offshore works to support power station commissioning. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, review safety and quality documentation, and manage budgets and procurement for offshore campaigns in a challenging marine environment.

You will drive planning, manage permits and temporary works, and ensure alignment with project teams, designers and subcontractors to

Qualifications

• Experience in offshore, marine or heavy civil/mechanical works.
• Experience managing offshore, marine, infrastructure or major construction works.
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies and temporary works.
• Experience developing and reviewing method statements, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors.
• Strong planning and progress monitoring against programme.
• Knowledge of quality management, inspections and handover requirements.
• Good understanding of cost control and subcontract management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive, solution-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and supervise offshore construction activities.
• Lead and manage a section of offshore works with safe, efficient delivery.
• Coordinate Sub Agents, Section Engineers, Site Engineers and subcontractors.
• Review method statements, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Implement permits, temporary works requirements and construction controls.
• Monitor progress against the programme and drive productivity.
• Produce detailed construction programmes and resource plans.
• Oversee quality management, inspections and handover documentation.
• Liaise with designers, project teams and subcontractors to resolve issues.
• Monitor budgets, costs and commercial performance; support procurement.

Skills

Offshore construction

Marine engineering

Planning & programming

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Subcontractor coordination

Risk assessments

Method statements

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Job Category: Project Management / Controls

Employing Company: Balfour Beatty

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Offshore Agent
Balfour Beatty
Hinkley Point C

The Marine Works Team is now delivering the final phase of the programme: flooding the intake and outfall tunnels to bring the cooling water system into service and support power station commissioning. This major offshore campaign involves planning and executing the controlled flooding of the tunnels, working at the interface of marine operations, commissioning, engineering and environmental management.

Key scope includes:

• Flooding of the intake and outfall tunnels from offshore
• Removal of temporary bulkheads from offshore shafts
• Installation of permanent locking caps

Delivering these works requires significant engineering, planning and stakeholder coordination. Activities range from offshore and onshore enabling works, testing and commissioning specialist temporary works equipment through to executing the main offshore campaign in the challenging environment of the Bristol Channel, home to the world's second-highest tidal range. Success depends on effective collaboration across multiple teams to manage marine constraints, integrate commissioning requirements and ensure assets are ready for operation.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will be responsible for planning, managing and supervising offshore construction activities, ensuring works are delivered safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards.

Key Duties:

• Lead and manage a section of offshore works, ensuring safe and efficient delivery.
• Manage Sub Agents, Section Engineers, Site Engineers, and subcontractors involved in offshore operations.
• Review and improve method statements, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Ensure the effective implementation of permits, temporary works requirements and construction controls.
• Monitor progress against programme and identify opportunities to improve productivity and performance.
• Produce and manage detailed construction programmes and resource plans.
• Oversee quality management processes including inspections, audits, handover documentation and non-conformance management.
• Liaise with designers, project teams and subcontractors to resolve technical issues.
• Monitor section budgets, costs and commercial performance.
• Support procurement activities and management of subcontract packages.
• Maintain project records and prepare reports for the wider project team and client.

Requirements:

• We are seeking an experienced construction professional with a strong background in offshore, marine or heavy civil/mechanical engineering works.
• Experience managing offshore, marine, infrastructure or major construction works.
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, engineering controls and temporary works.
• Experience developing and reviewing method statements, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Ability to manage and coordinate multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors.
• Strong planning and programming skills with experience monitoring progress against programme.
• Understanding of quality management systems, inspections and handover requirements.
• Good knowledge of commercial processes, cost control and subcontract management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem-solving ability and a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• Understanding of offshore quality management and project deliverables.
• Experience working within the energy, marine or nuclear sectors.
• Knowledge of commercial processes, procurement and subcontract management.

Please note: This position is based at our Avonmouth site.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.